Shanta Acharya, founder of Lauderdale’s Poetry in the House, is joined by Anthony Rudolf, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Penelope Shuttle, widow of poet Peter Redgrove.
Our resident string quartet The Billroth Quartet (Thomas Leate and Christian Halstead, violins, Simon Ballard, viola, James Greenfield, cello) perform free monthly concerts with a wide-ranging programme. This month they perform music by Dimitri Shostakovich, together with contemporary works by modern composers.
The readings include narrative about romance in the world of aviation during that glamorous but flawed decade, the 1930s. The contributors include a producer of independent touring live literature shows, a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer; and a poet whose work was shortlisted for the 2012 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
The Billroth Quartet perform a versatile selection of summer melodies at Lauderdale House including works of jazz and tango. A delightful mix of composers including Mendelsohn, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Piazzolla.
Come along for a fascinating evening with John, a prize-winning poet/playwright; Jenny, an Oxford University tutor whose published works includes a pamphlet of poems in English and Arabic; Lakshmi, an award-winning translator of Tamil poetry, novels and short stories; Will a poet, essayist and literary translator, and John, who has published guides to literary giants such as Yeats, Ted Hughes, Hardy and Edwards Thomas.
Friends of Highgate Library present Poems by local poet Dinah Livingstone from her recent book The Vision Splendid.
Staff and Tenants at Hill Homes in Highgate are inviting you and your friends on Monday 26th January 2015
- at 4:30pm
A time for contemplation, with words and quiet time together. Speaker and attendees will include individuals and representatives from different faiths and non-religious community groups.
- at 5:00pm
Screening of Oscar winning documentary “The lady from No 6” – one of the most inspirational and uplifting stories about 109 year old Alice Herz Sommer, the world’s oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor
Everyone Welcome!
Organised in partnership with Highgate Synagogue, Highgate United Reformed Church & All Saints’ Church
The series opens with a song recital featuring two Samling Artists performing Beethoven’s cycle An die ferne Geliebte, as well as songs by Schubert and Finzi, and texts by Shakespeare. Nick Pritchard has won the London Bach Society Singer’s Prize, and has recently performed for Opera Holland Park and Opera North. Ian Tindale is the recipient of the Accompanist’s Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, the Gerald Moore Award, and the Royal Overseas League Music Competition Accompanists’ Prize.
Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.
A solo piano recital of Schumann and Chopin, including Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor. Kausikan Rajeshkumar won the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in 2009, and has since won numerous other competitions including the Parnassos International Piano Competition. He has performed in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and has been broadcast on BBC television and radio.
Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.
Dynamic young clarinettist Joseph Shiner will perform the London premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s Nocturne, alongside works by Weber, Lutoslawski and others. A recipient of numerous solo prizes, Joseph has also performed at venues including St John’s Smith Square and the Wigmore Hall. He is a member of the Magnard Ensemble and has collaborated with the Endellion and Alauda Quartets.
Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.
A celebration of London life through the ages, with readings, riotous anecdotes and live music. Dickens, Emmeline Pankhurst, Pepys, Blake, Boswell, Ian Dury, Dostoevsky and Virginia Woolf are among those featured. The actors are Daniel Dresner and Kate Walsh, who is about to join Radio 4 as a continuity announcer; music is by Bow and Bellows (violin, vocals, horn, accordion).
A concert for a Summer’s Eve.
Proceeds to Waterlow Park and The Harington Scheme.
Tickets can be purchased at Brooksby Newsagent in Highgate Village or via tickettailor on: http://www.waterlowpark.org.uk (online booking fees apply).
Come share your poems at a welcoming open mic session
And take up the monthly poetry challenge set by members
£2 entry includes, tea, coffee, cake (sometimes) and biscuits
Join the Highgate Society Poetry Group on April Fools Day
Open Mic, 2 poems each plus a third if you have completed the Groups Challenge which this month is based on a Frank O’Hara Walk which basically translates as go for a walk and write a poem about it.
Tea, coffee, biscuits, occasionally cake and wine thrown in
Come join Dennis and the rest of our friendly group as we read our poetry to each other
Open Mic event. 2 poems each. 3 if you have responded to the Highgate Challenge which this month is;
write a poem focused on ‘Extinction’
Your £2 admission also covers tea, coffee and biscuits
Open mic and chat and that
Poets read 2 poems each unless they have earned a third by responding to the Highgate Challenge which this month is to write about ‘Water’.
Audience welcome
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided
All monies raised go to the Highgate Society